Saturday, 23 February 2013

Snippy snippy snip snip

Don't chuck away your empty plastic food packaging at this time of year - get yourself a sharp pair of scissors and recycle them as plant labels. Best recycling tip I ever got!  Any white plastic will do, though I find the thickness of margarine pots particularly suitable.  Even milk containers can be pressed into service.



Make sure you use a good permanent marker though, or you'll have mystifying blank strips of plastic 3 months from now...

Saves me a fortune in plastic labels, so thought I would share.

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8 comments:

  1. Wife, Mother, Gardener23 February 2013 at 12:49

    Great idea! Definitely cost saving. I will be doing that too. :)

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  2. Unknown23 February 2013 at 12:58

    You'll never throw another pot away again, and every wee plant pot will be individually labelled at no cost whatsoever. What could be better? (apart from all the piles of yogurt, margarine, icecream pots awaiting the chop and lurking on all available work surfaces...) But then you may be more organised than me (or tidier - not difficult).

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  3. Angie24 February 2013 at 10:42

    Useful tip! I'm usually the one with lots of empty labels though! Despite using sharpies, pencils and the likes nothing seems to stay. What brand of marker do you use?

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    1. Unknown24 February 2013 at 14:02

      I currently favour a Bic permanent marker - it doesn't live up to its name in all weathers, but seems to last longer than most. I'm also quite taken with the idea of writing crop details in paint on pebbles, but don't often have a pot of paint and a small cairn (of the the non-canine kind) to hand when I'm doing my direct sowings. I should just make a load with the names of my favourite crops on them on a rainy day, and plop them into place when the glorious day arrives when I finally sprinkle seed into soil. Will it ever happen?!

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  4. Anonymous24 February 2013 at 14:25

    Great idea - I've just run out of labels (again...), but now I don't need to buy more!

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  5. Unknown24 February 2013 at 15:10

    You'll never run out again. Happy snipping.

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  6. Pumpkin Lady11 March 2013 at 10:39

    Great idea, I will definitely give this a go!

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    1. Unknown11 March 2013 at 14:08

      Saves keen a fortune and empties your bin. Double win!

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